Join Sex 14’s on Wednesday, December 10th at 10:30am when he hosts esteemed choral director of acclaimed Ensemble Cherubim, Marika Kuzma. Together they will discuss the upcoming concert, Carols of Birds, Bells, and Peace from Ukraine: A Holiday Celebration, at Zellerbach Hall on Saturday, December 13th.
Esteemed choral director Marika Kuzma, a first-generation Ukrainian American and professor emerita of music at UC Berkeley, returns to campus with her acclaimed Ensemble Cherubim, joined by a selection of renowned Bay Area artists who share in their admiration of Ukrainian culture.
The stirring program of songs, hymns, carols, and spoken word captures the intimacy of music traditionally sung in Ukrainian homes, churches, and town squares during the holiday season, and includes Mykola Leontovych’s renowned “Shchedryk” (“Carol of the Bells”) and a host of musical treasures from ancient times to the present day.
Projections of the varied Ukrainian landscape will immerse you in the beauty of the country and the culture, lifting your spirits for the holidays and into the new year.
Photo: Lisa Keating
